Saturday 15 May 2010 07.16 EDT
First published on Saturday 15 May 2010 07.16 EDT

6 April:

Crowds try to photograph the prime minister, Gordon Brown, as he leaves Buckingham Palace after meeting the Queen to ask for the dissolution of parliament before the general electionPhotograph: Graham Turner for the Guardian

28 April:

28 April:

Gordon Brown leaves the home of Gillian Duffy in Rochdale. The prime minister broke off from his campaign to apologise to Duffy for telling aides she was a bigoted woman after the pair met earlier in the dayPhotograph: Christopher Thomond for the Guardian

8 May:

9 May:

Conservative party negotiators, led by the shadow foreign secretary, William Hague, arrive at the Cabinet Office in Whitehall for a post-election meeting with senior Liberal DemocratsPhotograph: Dan Chung for The Guardian

11 May:

12 May:

David Cameron greets the new deputy prime minister, Nick Clegg, on the steps of 10 Downing Street after the two parties formed a Conservative/Liberal Democrat coalition governmentPhotograph: Graeme Robertson for The Guardian